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Author:   Michael Robertson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138251489

ISBN 10:   1138251488
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   09 September 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Une splendeur et une magnificence incroyable: music and dance at the German courts; Nach der lustigen Frantzösischen Manier zu spielen: national style and the transmission of dance music; Composées sur le même mode ou ton: defining the suite; Frantzösische branles, courantes, sarabandes, ballettas: manuscript sources of the courtly suite before 1682; Burgermeistern Syndicis: printed editions by court composers before 1682; Ouverturen und Airs: the German Lullists - I; Verscheidenen Ouverturen, Chaconnen, lustigen Suiten: the German Lullists - II; Cette nouvelle harmonie: unifying French and Italian styles; Einer teutschen Führung: Vienna, the imperial court; Eine frische Frantzösische Ouverturen ihnen allen zu præferiren: conclusion and case studies; Bibliography; Index.

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No whistle-stop tour of this volume can do justice to its richness of content....I was impressed by both the musical and the musicological acumen of the author. The numerous music examples are well chosen and presented... I came away from reading this book with a knowledge of many things of which I had at best only dimly been aware before. Some of Robertson s arguments are memorable. Michael Talbot, Early Music ' ... [a] thorough study ... worth reading. Early Music Review ... clearly written... meticulously researched, it breaks new ground. ...a valuable contribution to our knowledge of a relatively unfamiliar body of music. The Consort No whistle-stop tour of this volume can do justice to its richness of content. ... I came away from reading this book with a knowledge of many things of which I had at best only dimly been aware before. ... Readers will perhaps return to this book most often as a starting point for further investigation of the surprisingly many worthy, and sometimes excellent, composers it brings for the first time to our notice. Early Music '...[an] important study ... [with] a wealth of valuable information.' Viola da Gamba Society Journal

'No whistle-stop tour of this volume can do justice to its richness of content....I was impressed by both the musical and the musicological acumen of the author. The numerous music examples are well chosen and presented... I came away from reading this book with a knowledge of many things of which I had at best only dimly been aware before. Some of Robertson's arguments are memorable.' Michael Talbot, Early Music ' ... [a] thorough study ... worth reading.' Early Music Review '... clearly written... meticulously researched, it breaks new ground. ...a valuable contribution to our knowledge of a relatively unfamiliar body of music.' The Consort 'No whistle-stop tour of this volume can do justice to its richness of content. ... I came away from reading this book with a knowledge of many things of which I had at best only dimly been aware before. ... Readers will perhaps return to this book most often as a starting point for further investigation of the surprisingly many worthy, and sometimes excellent, composers it brings for the first time to our notice.' Early Music '...[an] important study ... [with] a wealth of valuable information.' Viola da Gamba Society Journal

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Following a career as teacher, harpsichordist and organist, Michael Robertson completed his PhD under Peter Holman at the University of Leeds in 2004. His principal musicological interest is in the dance music written for instrumental consorts in seventeenth-century Germany. He is now a research associate at the University of Leeds.

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